Inertial Effects in Two-Phase Flow through Fractures

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-268

  Fourar, M ^a   Lenormand, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Forchheimer; Fracture; Inertial effects; Inertial factor; Passability; Porous media; Relative permeabilities; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

LOCKHART-MARTINELLI MODELS; PASSABILITY MODELS;

FRACTURING (OIL WELLS);

EID: 0033686455     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:2000018     Document Type: Article

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